title: Vertically acquired community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus dacryocystitis in a neonate.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are becoming increasingly common in the community, especially among children.(1) Community MRSA differs from the more familiar nosocomial MRSA in having a distinct epidemiology and a broader antibiotic-susceptibility profile.(2) Community MRSA can infect the eye and orbit.(3,4) Cases have been reported in otherwise-healthy children, including chronic dacryocystitis in an 8-month-old infant and orbital cellulitis in a 16-month-old child.(5,6) I report a case of perinatally acquired community MRSA dacryocystitis and periorbital cellulitis associated with bacteremia in a 12-day-old previously healthy, full-term neonate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rutar
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D054517:Orbital Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*